Including Apple Color Emoji in font stack prevents coloring unicode

Created by: paulschreiber

Before opening: Including Apple Color Emoji in the font stack prevents coloring unicode, such as the ✖.

Config

• Operating system and version: macOS 10.15.7
• Browser and version Chrome 85, Firefox 81

Codepen

https://codepen.io/paulschreiber/pen/NWrPOjg

Sample CSS

.remove {
  color: yellow;
  background: black;
}
.fonts {
  font-family: sans-serif;
}

Sample HTML

<span class="remove">✖</span> 
<span class="remove fonts">✖</span>

Actual

Expected